MEDIA RELEASE Structure Fire – 25 Melville Drive YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES | July 24, 2013 At approximately 06:23 hours, Wednesday July 24, 2013 the City of Yellowknife Fire Division (YKFD) responded to a report of a structure fire at 25 Melville Drive. The YKFD responded immediately from three different locations; the fire hall; from a suppressed vehicle fire on 47 Street and; from a structure fire in N’Dilo which was determined extinguished. Upon arrival fire crews were faced with a structure that had heavy yellowish and grey smoke bellowing out many different voids which indicated the inside was fully involved with fire. A defensive mode of operation (fighting the fire from the outside) was initiated due to the involvement and extreme heat within the structure. Due to the limited openings in the structure fire crews cut holes to allow the elevated heat to escape and for increased suppression access. It is believed that the majority of smoke and heat were caused from spray foam insulation in the structure which made it easy for the fire to spread so quickly. The fire took approximately 4 hours to bring under control due the fire being well established throughout the spay foam insulation. “This was an extremely difficult fire to fight due to the structure being constructed of mostly metal. This made the inside like an oven on the highest possible setting,” said Darcy Hernblad, City of Yellowknife Fire Chief. A total of 24 personnel responded to this incident with two engines, two tankers, one ambulance, one rescue and one command unit. For more information: Dennis Marchiori Department of Public Safety City of Yellowknife [email protected] 920-5685
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 21:04:40 +0000
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